Category Archives: Pensacola

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Preservation

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Taminar

I’m not doing a very good job of preservation lately. I have stacks of photos and photo albums that my mother has handed over to me to be scanned. Somehow, when I sit down at the computer I end up … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: School

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Taminar

I was living in Scotland when my two little friends from down the street started first grade. I wasn’t allowed to start with them because my 5th birthday was one day past the cutoff. My mother spoke to the headmaster, … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: In the City

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Taminar

My 3rd great-grandmother Mary Ann Delaney Pippin was born, according to family records, in Montgomery County, Alabama. Not in the city of Montgomery, which was created from two smaller communities in 1819, six years before Mary Ann’s birth, but in … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Health

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Taminar

I’m a week late finishing this post that’s part of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. I usually end up writing my posts, or finalizing them, on Sunday, one day before the new topic comes out. Last … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Conflict

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Taminar

I’m two weeks late on this post, because I guess there hasn’t been much drama in my family, or maybe I was just blissfully unaware. I can’t think of any family conflicts and I don’t know much about my relations’ … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Groups

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Taminar

I dropped off some groceries at my mom’s house yesterday, and she traded me a small bag of photos. Three of them are photos taken at the Muscogee Sawmill in Escambia County. A whole group of my ancestors and other … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Father’s Day

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Taminar

Two fathers are often on my mind as I work on my genealogy. They are ancestors for whom I have no known fathers. I just received two Y-DNA test kits in the mail, one for each side of my family, … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: At the Cemetery

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Taminar

I remember going to the cemetery – Clopton Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida – a few times with my maternal grandmother, Willie Stevens Cook. Clopton is near a church, but it’s not affiliated with that church. My mother is still in … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Mother’s Day

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Taminar

Usually, I take my mom out for lunch or dinner on Mother’s Day. For the second year running, we skipped that, because of COVID-19, but we talked on the phone and I did some grocery shopping for her. Since I’ve … Continue reading →

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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Favorite Place (#Genealogy)

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Taminar

This week’s prompt has been a tough one. Of course, I first asked myself if I had a favorite physical place. Maybe because I moved around so much as a Navy brat, and my family also traveled a lot for … Continue reading →

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